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“Hayvenhurst” – Alla Nazimova Residence, 8080 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles
While there are plenty of photos of Alla Nazimova’s 8080 Sunset Blvd home after she completed her renovations, there are only a few that show how it looked when she took possession of it in 1919. Louis B. Mayer at … Continue reading
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Sunset Blvd looking west with Garden of Allah villas on the left and Chateau Marmont on the right, circa mid 1930
I’ve been researching and writing about the Garden of Allah Hotel for more than ten years now, so it isn’t often that a new photo surfaces—but it IS exciting! We’re looking west along Sunset Blvd from Crescent Heights Blvd. On … Continue reading
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Humphrey Bogart and 2nd wife Mary Phillips at the Garden of Allah Hotel, circa mid 1930s
Here’s a rare glimpse of what the inside of a Garden of Allah Hotel villa looked like. Here we have Humphrey Bogart with wife #2 wife Mary Phillips, circa mid 1930s (they divorced in 1937.) I only wish that the … Continue reading
Vintage postcard of the Garden of Allah Hotel, 8152 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1930s
I’ve been reading, researching, and writing about the Garden of Allah Hotel for 10 years. So you’d think by now I’d have acquired an artifact or memento from it. Alas, no. There just aren’t that many, and the few that … Continue reading
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The Garden of Allah Hotel and surrounds, Sunset Blvd, circa late 1920s
I’ve been researching and writing about the Garden of Allah Hotel for 10 years now (!) so it’s a rare and exciting moment when a photo of the hotel surfaces that I haven’t seen before. This is actually one of … Continue reading
1927 newspaper article showing the Garden of Alla(h) Hotel
Although a bit grainy, this article from 1927 gives us a glimpse of what the Garden of Allah looked like in the year that it opened, back when it was called the Garden of Alla (with no “h”). The top … Continue reading
Advertisements for the Garden of Allah Hotel, 8152 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles (1927 to 1959)
Luggage label: Matchbooks: The Garden of Allah Hotel advertised for a handyman, December 6, 1943: Garden of Allah Hotel advertisement, Los Angeles Times, Saturday, Oct. 22, 1949: In the summer of 1959, the Garden of Allah was sold to … Continue reading
Villa at the Garden of Allah Hotel
I just discovered this photo of the Garden of Allah on Dave DeCaro’s always-interesting Davelandblog site. I don’t know which villa this was, but it gives us a wonderful idea of what life at the Garden of Allah was like. … Continue reading
Couple sits outside the Garden of Allah Hotel on Sunset Blvd, June 1st, 1951
Finding new photos of the Garden of Allah are few and far between these days, but it still thrills me to find them—especially one so clear and crisp. I don’t have a date on this but I’d say from this … Continue reading
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